Does a Neo Creamback actually sound like the other Creambacks?! H75 vs M65 vs Neo (and V30 for ref)

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Alex & ‪@LewieBonnerMusic‬ are comparing 4 cabs with 3 guitars; the Creamback H75, Creamback M65, Neo Creamback and a V30 as reference. Lewie is playing a Larry Carlton Sire L7 (The Les Paul), a 2009 Deluxe Fender Stratocaster with noiseless pickups, and a Gretsch G5420T Electromatic.
0:00 Intro
03:52 Les Paul (dirty)
10:33 Thoughts
13:17 More Les Paul (dirty)
20:34 Fender Strat (clean and funky)
24:35 Gretsch (clean and jazzy)
28:18 Gretsch (clean strums)
28:55 Final thoughts
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@Javier-qk7ms 19 күн бұрын

I came for the Cream ones but I was rather impressed with the V30, it can be heard so clearly in the room

@T.m.K Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the interesting comparison. At first, I thought I would choose Neo version, but now it is M or H. I still don't know. I have to listen more times. Once again thank you 0:00 Les Paul 3:50 V30 vs Creamback H75 6:30 Creamback H75 vs Creamback M65 vs Neo 8:37 Neo vs M65 10:08 Neo vs M65 ( single notes ) 13:00 Noe vs H75 14:25 Creamback H75 vs Creamback M65 16:20 Neo vs M65 ( different pickup ) Small change - Strat 20:30 Neo vs M65 22:20 M65 vs Creamback H75 vs Neo Small change - Gretsch 24:30 M65 vs H75 vs Neo 28:18 Neo vs M65

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting test. Thank you for sharing! I’m vert happy with the sound I get from my Reformer with the Neo Creamback and this configuration is sooooo light.

@josearjona3728 Жыл бұрын

The sign telling what´s sounding is the key for this kind of videos❤

@riangarianga Жыл бұрын

I never liked how the Neo Cream sounded in any test I heard before, this is the first one where I actually appreciated it, wow! On the other hand, I always liked how the Creamback H sounded, but not so much in this test (despite not disliking it at all). So my guess would be the cab is definitely playing a huge role with this speaker series. That being said, I'm partial towards the G12M-65, that's my kind of sound (Greenback-ish), M or L (not frequent in the Celestion catalogue any more) magnets always show bigger harmonic content in the mids, and I always feel at home when playing M magnets since they're easier on the hand. One thing you could try are different amp EQ settings on the same speaker (your stock V30?). Here you're sharing the EQ, but that's rarely the ideal way of getting the best of any speaker. It would allow us to see how the cab actually reacts to increased bass, increased highs, and so on.

@RandallWhitneyNY Жыл бұрын

Very interesting comparison! To me, the Neo is too hi-fi sounding and a bit lifeless compared to the others. Certainly wouldn’t describe it as a rich sounding speaker.

@christophervincent8420 Жыл бұрын

The thing you did not do was add more volume and gain to the Neo Creamback. The reason for the Neo Creamback are due to more crisp and cleaner sound. So it take higher gain much much better. It take the "flub" out.

@Cryanoutloud 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch for making this!! I own 3 different g12Ms, and i love them! Got a question for you, Are these speakers all properly broken in?? I know from experience that the speaker really comes to life and develops as you play them in

@alferrante2187 4 ай бұрын

Great video . I have a neo in my pro reverb. I get so many tone complaints. I’ve now ordered one for louis electric tornado. Can’t wait

@richieluckenbill1590 Ай бұрын

Complaints, or do you mean compliments??

@PooNinja Жыл бұрын

It’s very close, I’ll have to check later on my electrostats to really hear the nuances. Thomas Blug says the neo’s aren’t the same but he’s still hopeful about a neo driver that hits the sweet spot. Thanks for doing the tests. Love this channel 🤘🏽

@TheMrCull Жыл бұрын

I liked the v30 for chording and rhythm and the H75 for single note stuff

@marcusdavey9747 10 ай бұрын

Depending on the material being played, and probably the amp settings, the Neo sounds a little thin, spare…or cleaner, with more resolution.

@robertdonosobuchner3129 Жыл бұрын

All speakers have their own sweet spot and sound good to me. The M65 is something I would choose for rhythm sounds, but it has not the more sparkling and shimmering tones like the cream 75. Both together would be a good combination. Also the neo cream has a more round and a les powerful sound. Instead of buying expensive effect pedals it seems more sensible to buy different cabinets with different speakers with sounds that fits to the music styles and own preferences.... 🤔 It seems that I have to buy some new cabinets.😉🤘

@svtbass Жыл бұрын

These guitar Neos sound brighter and thinner to me. Im a bass player I own a pair of TWO10s.. Love my bass cabs.. Many compliments . Wonder what a High powered CERAMIC 12" BB3 would sound like! ( who cares about the weight)

@BarefacedAudio Жыл бұрын

If we made a ceramic version of the BB3 we’d have to accept a combination of lower sensitivity, lower power handing and reduced accuracy. The much more intense magnetic field from a neo magnet and the conductivity of the magnet makes it possible to get more flux through the coil within a smaller space whilst also reducing distortion.

@svtbass Жыл бұрын

@@BarefacedAudio Gotcha .. Cool Thank you.. LOVE my TWO10s x 2

@markblagdon Жыл бұрын

Hendrix played the Isle of Wight festival in August 1970! So his last gig wasn’t 1st of January.

@BarefacedAudio Жыл бұрын

My drummer corrected me (well, Lewie) on that about two hours later!

@jakesgaming4091 11 ай бұрын

...and I believe he used H30 (55hz) Greenbacks in his Marshall cabs and not Creambacks but I could be wrong.

@roberthastings708 Жыл бұрын

Dies Celestion publish the T/S parameters for their speakers? I've not found them.

@BarefacedAudio Жыл бұрын

Not for their guitar speakers - but T/S parameters are based around an assumption that the speaker will be used predominantly within its linear range, so small signal (1W) behaviour will closely relate to high power behaviour. That isn’t the case with most guitar speakers due to the minimal voice coil overhang (electromagnetic distortion therefore happening at relatively low power), flexible cones and stiff non-linear suspension.

@roberthastings708 Жыл бұрын

@BarefacedAudio That makes sense. Thank you. I appreciate you and that you A/B speakers for us. Real world performance is always the best test.

@lorencing 5 ай бұрын

Excellent comparisson guys, thanks. So in a way the neo would be more different than ceramic when compared to the V30 ... and therefore more suited to pair with the V30 as it fills/gives more of the missing frequencies in the V30? Although they are all "softer" than the V30. Also as you mentioned, the neo reacts differently to distortion. Although the M65 also sounds warmer then the neo ... and now I don't know which one to buy to pair with my V30 in a 2x12 cab. So after all mentioned above H75 is nearest to V30 ... would you agree?

@BarefacedAudio 5 ай бұрын

V30 is a solid option, although I'd also recommend checking out the Seventy 80 - someone just enquired in the comments about the best enclosure for them and it's left us wondering why we haven't used them in our cabs more!

@lorencing 4 ай бұрын

@@BarefacedAudio ⁠ are you suggesting a Seventy 80 paired with V30 or? My issue is finding a speaker to pair with my existing V30? Maybe I was nit clear enough about that in the first comment.

@BarefacedAudio 4 ай бұрын

Email us and we'll go through all the details and work out what you really need!@@lorencing

@jeremiahfiek5495 5 ай бұрын

Do you guys have a 2x12" cab engineered to work best with a G12p-80 Seventy80? Are your cabs specifically tuned and voiced for each specific speaker or one-size-fits-all?

@BarefacedAudio 5 ай бұрын

One-size-fits(almost)-all! If someone is using lower tunings or a guitar with a higher string count then we would recommend specific drivers and a low-tuning customisation for the cab itself. We haven't explored the the Seventy 80 much, but in terms of frequency response it's very similar to our stock driver (V30)... so a G12P-80 and a V30 in either a Radical: barefacedaudio.com/collections/avd-guitar-cabs/products/radical-212h Or an Uprising: barefacedaudio.com/collections/avd-guitar-cabs/products/uprising-212v Upsizing: barefacedaudio.com/collections/avd-guitar-cabs/products/upsizing-212-1215-215

@BarefacedAudio 4 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if I've made a video about this but if I haven't then I will! When I started designing what became the AVD cabs I was used to designing hi-fi speakers, bass cabs and PA cabs. And guitar speakers don't behave like them because they spend much of their life operating non-linearly, so small signal T/S parameters go out of the window. The first four production AVD cabs were designed and tested with two specific 10" speakers and two specific 12"s. Then people started asking about having different drivers in them and so we started experimenting with more - and everything we tried just worked. And that's continued to be the case. As you head into lower tunings and/or start wanting to move more air at lower frequencies (really LOUD chugging) then the cab tuning and driver choice becomes more important but still not to the degree I expected. So if you like the Seventy 80 then you can absolutely have them in an Uprising or Radical or Upsizing and expect them to sound better than ever before. They're not on our site as a custom choice but we can certainly add them, or you can go unloaded if you already have some to rehome.

@adamwatson6916 3 ай бұрын

Why would anyone build a cab engineered to work with the 70/80 ? Terrible speaker and it sounds nothing like a V30 .

@jeremiahfiek5495 3 ай бұрын

@@adamwatson6916 that depends on the rig bro. Vintage 30s sound like ass on my rig. They just have a different frequency response. And i already own 70/80's and they work for my sound... that would be why i asked.

@JD-kj4mj 7 ай бұрын

The 1x12 neo vs the other speakers sounds more like a 4x12 in comparison to a 1x12 (when using identical speakers.) The mids just jump out in the 1x12 cab. A 4x12 cab loses some mids / upper mids but has more top end sizzle, bottom end, and lower mids.. just like this neo vs the other speakers here. I’m thinking the neo is the best 1x12 compromise to sound closer to a 4x12, but may be too “scooped” in a 4x12 arrangement.

@BarefacedAudio 7 ай бұрын

This is a very interesting observation! According to the science a 4x12 has more lows because of acoustic coupling at lower frequencies. It’ll also lose some midrange due to destructive interference, especially off-axis where the size of the array is too large vs the higher frequencies’ wavelengths. And the extra highs from a 4x12” you’ve perceived may be because of the relative lack of midrange or maybe the height of the cab vs a 1x12” so you’re less far off-axis. This makes me think that the Redback (which isn’t in this video) is definitely a killer 4x12” replacement with its 150W power handing, and bigger lows and brighter highs vs the Creambacks.